1990–91 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City
1990–91 season
Chairman	Les Kew
Manager	Joe Jordan (Until September 1990); Jimmy Lumsden (From September 1990)
Stadium	Ashton Gate
Second Division	9th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nicky Morgan (13); All: ; Nicky Morgan (17)

The 1990–91 season was Bristol City Football Club's 93rd season in English football, and their first season back in the Second Division in a decade. Joe Jordan left in September 1990 to join Hearts as Manager. His assistant Jimmy Lumsden took over the reins upon his departure. City had a fairly decent season on their first season back in the 2nd tier. They pushed for the play-offs and ended up in 9th position.

The club's leading goalscorer was Nicky Morgan, with 17 goals in all competitions.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	66	47	+19	69	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
8	Barnsley	46	19	12	15	63	48	+15	69
9	Bristol City	46	20	7	19	68	71	−3	67
10	Oxford United	46	14	19	13	69	66	+3	61
11	Newcastle United	46	14	17	15	49	56	−7	59

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 August 1990	Blackburn Rovers	H	4-2	13,755	Taylor (2), Aizlewood, Morgan
2 September 1990	Swindon Town	A	1-0	12,249	Bent
8 September 1990	Plymouth Argyle	H	1-1	14,283	Morgan
15 September 1990	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	12,081	Newman
22 September 1990	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3-1	11,522	Taylor (2), Smith
29 September 1990	Newcastle United	H	1-0	15,858	Smith
3 October 1990	Leicester City	A	0-3	9,815
6 October 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-4	17,891
13 October 1990	West Ham United	H	1-1	16,838	Morgan
20 October 1990	Oldham Athletic	H	1-2	14,031	Morgan
24 October 1990	Millwall	A	2-1	10,335	Allison, Aizlewood
27 October 1990	Port Vale	A	2-3	7,451	Smith (pen), Allison
3 November 1990	Watford	H	3-2	11,576	Allison (2), Own Goal
10 November 1990	Oxford United	A	1-3	6,834	Shelton
17 November 1990	Hull City	H	4-1	9,346	Shelton, May, Newman, Morgan
24 November 1990	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	10,037	Taylor
1 December 1990	Charlton Athletic	H	0-1	10,984
8 December 1990	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	11,254	Own Goal
15 December 1990	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-0	7,072	Newman
22 December 1990	Notts County	A	2-3	6,586	Bent, Smith
26 December 1990	Portsmouth	H	4-1	11,892	Morgan (2), Shelton, Rennie
29 December 1990	Middlesbrough	H	3-0	14,023	May, Morgan, Allison
1 January 1991	Barnsley	A	0-2	8,961
12 January 1991	Swindon Town	H	0-4	16,169
19 January 1991	Plymouth Argyle	A	0-1	8,074
26 January 1991	Bristol Rovers	A	2-3	7,054	Smith (pen), Newman
2 February 1991	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-0	11,492	Morgan, Taylor
16 February 1991	Hull City	A	2-1	5,212	May, Newman
23 February 1991	Oxford United	H	3-1	10,938	Shelton (2), Taylor
2 March 1991	Charlton Athletic	A	1-2	5,477	Smith
5 March 1991	Bristol Rovers	H	1-0	22,227	Donowa
9 March 1991	Ipswich Town	H	4-2	11,470	Taylor (2), Shelton, Morgan
12 March 1991	Leicester City	H	1-0	13,297	Taylor
16 March 1991	Newcastle United	A	0-0	13,578
20 March 1991	West Ham United	A	0-1	22,951
23 March 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	15,499	Bryant
30 March 1991	Portsmouth	A	1-4	10,417	Morgan
1 April 1991	Notts County	H	3-2	13,466	Allison, Donowa, Shelton
6 April 1991	Middlesbrough	A	1-2	13,846	Taylor
13 April 1991	Barnsley	H	1-0	12,081	Newman
21 April 1991	Oldham Athletic	A	1-2	14,086	Newman
23 April 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-0	7,738	Shelton
27 April 1991	Millwall	H	1-4	16,741	Morgan
4 May 1991	Port Vale	H	1-1	13,706	Allison
11 May 1991	Watford	A	3-2	13,029	Morgan, Newman, Donowa

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1991	Norwich City	H	1–2	12,630	Allison

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	29 August 1990	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	8,721	Morgan (2)
R1 2nd Leg	5 September 1990	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	9,851	Smith
R2 1st Leg	25 September 1990	Sunderland	A	1-0	10,358	Morgan
R2 2nd Leg	9 October 1990	Sunderland	H	1-6	11,776	Morgan

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR2	21 November 1990	Oxford United	A	2–2 (Lost 4–3 on Penalties)	1,323	Newman, May (pen)

Squad

^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Andy Leaning
-	GK	SCO	Ronnie Sinclair
-	DF	WAL	Mark Aizlewood
-	DF	ENG	Matt Bryant
-	DF	ENG	Andy Llewellyn
-	DF	WAL	Paul Mardon
-	DF	ENG	Glenn Humphries
-	DF	ENG	Martin Scott
-	DF	ENG	John Bailey
-	DF	ENG	Chris Honor
-	MF	ENG	Junior Bent
-	MF	ENG	Louie Donowa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	SCO	David Rennie
-	MF	ENG	Andy May
-	MF	ENG	Rob Newman (captain)
-	MF	SCO	Micky Mellon
-	MF	ENG	Gary Shelton
-	MF	ENG	Dave Smith
-	FW	ENG	Wayne Allison
-	FW	ENG	Bob Taylor
-	FW	ENG	Nicky Morgan

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20140914060548/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/bristol-city/1990-1991

^ "All Bristol City players: 1991". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

[11v11-1] "All Bristol City players: 1991". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

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